Implications of a Novel Biopsy Downloading System on Prostate Cancer Detection Rate, Surveillance and Focal Therapy - A Prospective Study.

Objective: To examine the SmartBx, a novel biopsy downloading system, allowing downloading of biopsy cores with maximal core preservation as prostate biopsy sampling lacks preservation of core configuration & orientation.

Methods: We prospectively collected cores from TRUS biopsy patients. Half were collected using the SmartBx & half using standard downloading.

The Urology Residency Program in Israel-Results of a Residents Survey and Insights for the Future.

Objective: Urology practice has undergone several changes in recent years mainly related to novel technologies introduced. We aimed to get the residents' perspective on the current residency program in Israel and propose changes in it.

Methods: A web-based survey was distributed among urology residents.

A urologic stethoscope? Urologist performed sonography using a pocket-size ultrasound device in the point-of-care setting.

Purpose: Ultrasound is commonly used in urology. Technical advances with reduced size and cost led to diffusion of small ultrasound devices to many clinical settings. Even so, most ultrasound studies are performed by non-urologists.

Activation of Protein Kinase A in Mature Osteoblasts Promotes a Major Bone Anabolic Response.

Protein kinase A (PKA) regulates osteoblast cell function in vitro and is activated by important bone mass modulating agents. We determined whether PKA activation in osteoblasts is sufficient to mediate a bone anabolic response. Thus, a mouse model conditionally expressing a constitutively active PKA (CA-PKA) in osteoblasts (CA-PKA-OB mouse) was developed by crossing a 2.